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Friday, October 2, 2009

I have finished sewing together the star blocks that I have been working on all week. Those of you who have been following progress on this quilt will already know that this project was inspired bythis picture of a quilt on Flickr, and although I have made the blocks according to my own math calculations and blocks size, the finished blocks were pretty much a copy of the original quilt.

To give this quilt an original touch and make it feel like I have added to the design, I have thrown a few extra Half Square Triangles into the strips of sashing that join the blocks together. It has created another star effect at each intersection, and given the quilt a completely different and unique look.

This quilt is big, measuring 70 inches x 70 inches and proved difficult to capture a decent picture of in its entirety.

I am very happy with how easily the blocks came together, and love the end result. This really was quite a major piecing project. It has tested my new Bernina Aurora and I was very impressed with how well this sewing machine was able to handle some of the very bulky seams and intersections. Effortlessly! So good!

It has been another great week and I am rather sad to say that the school holidays are nearly over. No more sleeping in, lunch at 3 pm, and late nights. Sigh...

Lovely quilt, just love white backgrounds with bright colours. I just had my Aurora serviced (didn't really need it) it hasn't been serviced for 2 years and I have a big quilting class in 2 weeks (Don't Look Now) and I wanted to make sure that it was in tip top shape. But to tell the truth it doesn't miss a beat and sews just about anything it is the best investment in craft i have ever made.

Oh yah, yours is better. You may have been inspired by that other one but yours is the grand champion and original one! I am so impressed. You have the touch, the way to make anything turn out perfect. way to go~a

I love this SO MUCH! I have been drooling over all of the pics of the progress and specifically like the pattern as well as the crispness of the white against the colors/fabrics you chose. This is one of the few quilts I've seen lately that I just can't stop thinking about! Thank you for sharing!

My jaw dropped this morning when I saw this. I have always loved bright colors paired with white; this quilt embodies that PERFECTLY. 70 x 70? That is a daunting amount of triangles, but I am totally going to attempt my own soon. I can't wait to see what you use for the back and to quilt it :)

You get so many comments, I wish I could take the time to read all of them, too, but I just wanted to tell you how gorgeous this latest quilt is ! You truly made it your own with the sashing detail, and it quite beautiful ! I'm so glad that it's big, too...........you'll treasure it that much more. I don't think you'll want to add it to your Etsy shop though!

Oh Rita, it looks fantastic. I appreciate that you considered some originality to your piece, as opposed to a straight copy (even though you did give credit where credit was due). Surprisingly, not many people do that. That's the difference between inspiration and copying.

la,la,LOVE this bright and clean and crisp quilt! You did an exceptional job at recreating the quilt photo that you saw on flickr!!! Way to go! and I really like what you did in the sashings to create another star!

That 3rd photo on this entry is GORGEOUS! It's always fun to see the many thousands of ways you can use the basic HST to create a dynamite quilt!